I'm sorry by classic i meant the Old Gnome, i.e. 2.3 & older. But if it does work then Excellent! i will try it out today . Was afraid to utilize it because i thought it would break Gnome Shell. Thanks!

still trying to get it to work i see robin.try dragging and dropping it in your dock.i really dont play in mine so i wouldnt know what to tell ya.i dont think there is really anything posted on the web about it either.i'll have a look and get back to you on that.

podagee wrote:still trying to get it to work i see robin.try dragging and dropping it in your dock.i really dont play in mine so i wouldnt know what to tell ya.i dont think there is really anything posted on the web about it either.i'll have a look and get back to you on that.

I have that working now actually but I can't get the black box to go away around the dock. I have tried the composite toggler and it says "no composite available" but I have everything enabled. Running compiz --replace does nothing. Any other clues?

the black box around your dock was probably because you used the compisitor which i think i said not to use.it does that.for me i just logged out and back in for it to disappear.compositing is not used in the cairo dock session as far as ive had it on i never needed it.if its still around your dock you probably have to un-install and re-install.heres the repository:

I am running 32bit and what gets me is I open compiz settings and enable opengl and all that and when I close it, it disables what I just activated. The thing is I had it working before so I don't get what the problem is

Podagee, I still cannot figure this out. I can run compiz fine in gnome classic but the black box shows when I go to the cairo dock with effects session. I have tried running compiz-decorator --replace and it does nothing. It just says "starting unity-window-manager" but nothing changes. I need the compiz decorator and cannot get it. The only option with the fusion icon is for the gtk decorator. I don't get it. Let me know if you have any thoughts.

ill get back to you on that robin.i have had no issues with the install or black box only when using compisiter.my compisiter in compiz works fine and as far as decorations,i'll get back to you on that one.

podagee wrote:ill get back to you on that robin.i have had no issues with the install or black box only when using compisiter.my compisiter in compiz works fine and as far as decorations,i'll get back to you on that one.

Ok pod. That is definitely the issue. Compiz does not even show as running. it shows metacity even though compiz is selected as window decorator.

podagee wrote:as far as that being your problem double check that the settings for windows manger settings,windows maximizer,etc...are checked.its also hard robin cause i dont know the specs you have.

Someone has already filed a bug report so it's not just me. I would downgrade metacity but that would remove mgse which I do not want to do. I think I'll just wait till it gets ironed out. Thanks podagee